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Guayama
(Encyclopedia)Guayama gwäyäˈmä [key], town, SE Puerto Rico, founded 1736. It is a growing processing and ...Hanford
(Encyclopedia)Hanford, city (2020 pop. 57,990), seat of Kings co., central Calif.; inc. 1891. It is an agricultural trade and processing center of the San Joaquin Val...Joliette
(Encyclopedia)Joliette zhôlyĕtˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 17,396), S Que., Canada, on L'Assomption River, NE of Montreal. Its industries include steel, paper, textile, and ceramic manufacturing, tobacco processing,...Kawagoe
(Encyclopedia)Kawagoe käwäˈgōā [key], city (1990 pop. 304,854), Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. Silk textile manufacturing, electronics, and food processing are among the city's industries. Kawagoe ...Brookings
(Encyclopedia)Brookings, city (2020 pop. 34,375), seat of Brookings co., E S.Dak., on the Big Sioux River; inc. 1883. A trade center in a livestock and grain region, ...Plant City
(Encyclopedia)Plant City, city (1990 pop. 22,754), Hillsborough co., W central Fla.; inc. 1885. It is a processing, trade, and shipping center located in a growing suburban region. The city is known especially for ...Noginsk
(Encyclopedia)Noginsk nəgēnskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 123,000), central European Russia, on the Klyazma River. It is a major textile center, processing cotton, silk, and wool. Founded in the 16th cent. as Rogozh...Norman
(Encyclopedia)Norman, city (1990 pop. 80,071), seat of Cleveland co., central Okla.; inc. 1891. It is the center of a livestock region. Oil wells, food processing, and printing and publishing contribute to the econ...Levallois-Perret
(Encyclopedia)Levallois-Perret ləvälwäˈ-pĕrāˈ [key], residential and industrial suburb of Paris (1990 pop. 47,788), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, on the Seine River. Automobiles, electrical and rad...Melitopol
(Encyclopedia)Melitopol mālyētôˈpəl [key], city (1989 pop. 174,000), S Ukraine, on the Molochnoy River. A manufacturing center, it produces heavy machinery and has flour mills and food-processing plants. It wa...Browse by Subject
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